Heh...Apple's .Mac backup is *much* slicker than running NTBackup, Bzip'ing
the resulting file and FTP'ing :-p

For $100 (~3 months rental) you can buy a 120Gbyte drive *easily*...run the
cables outside the case if necessary...heck, with serial ATA things start
becoming even more interesting for the home user.

If you're going to say "oh, but what happens if your house burns down,
you've lost your data"...if my house burns down, I've got bigger problems
than knowing the pictures of my daughter and my MP3s are safe on someone
elses system in California!

-marc

P.S: Yes, it did sound like a salespitch...forward it to iBackup and maybe
you can get a commission ;-)


On 13/6/03 21:09, "Adam Nelson" <anelson@NULLPOINTER.NET> wrote:

> After lurking on this list for a while, I noticed that many of you are
> independent consultants or proprietors of small businesses, much like
> myself.  For those of us whose businesses [or lives, in the case of an
> MP3 collection ;)] depend upon our accumulated data, consistent backup
> is critical.  Therefore, I thought I'd pass on a tip about a service
> I've been using for almost two years that seems to be woefully under
> advertised: Ibackup.
>
> http://www.ibackup.com
>
> Basically, they provide a block of file storage space offline in their
> facility, which can be accessed a number of different ways, via the
> Internet.  In other words, off-site backup for those of us who didn't
> make the Fortune 500 this year.
>
> Nice things about them include:
> * Pricing model does not assume you are a Saudi prince (2GB of storage
> is $30/mo!)
> * "Mindless" maintenance--they do all the work
> * Access to your file system via web, FTP, WEBDAV, a couple of custom
> clients, etc
> * Sub-accounts, so you can assign a fraction of your quota to other
> users (subordinates, partners, whatever)
>
> My backup configuration runs a script each night, Monday-Saturday, which
> invokes ntbackup to do a differential backup of my selected files, bzip2
> the resulting file, then use an ftp script to upload it to my ibackup
> account.  On Sunday I do the same thing, but with a backup of all
> important files, as well as a few bigger archives that don't change that
> much.
>
> That's a simplistic backup rotation, to be sure, but it serves my
> purposes.
>
> I suppose if you're stuck w/ 56k dial-up access, this doesn't help you,
> but if you have broadband...
>
> Anyway, sorry for posting a msg that reads a lot like a sales pitch; I
> swear I'm just a humble user :)
>
> Adam
>
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